Library Guides: Volcanoes: Overview

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Volcanoes | Overview: Keywords

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Andisols / Andosol, Caldera, Earthquake, Eruption, Geomorphology, Lahar, Lava, Magma, Pelean eruption, Plinian eruption, Shield volcano, Stratovolcano / Composite volcano, Strombolian eruption, Tephra, Tsunami, Volcano

Volcanoes | Overview: Videos

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"The cycle of lava as a destructive and constructive force, building the structure of volcanoes and powering their devastating impact." (Twig Education, 2012)

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Twig Education (2012). Geography Lesson: What is a Volcano?, [eVideo]. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/WgktM2luLok

"These rifts in the earth, spewing lava, gases and ash, are forces of nature that are both a blessing and curse for human civilization." (National Geographic, 2008)

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Bibliography / Reference list: National Geographic (2008). Volcanoes 101 [eVideo]. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/uZp1dNybgfc

"What are supervolcanoes, and how catastrophic can they be? Learn how supervolcanoes form, where supervolcanoes are located, and how their destructive capabilities can make way for new life." (National Geographic, 2018)

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Volcanoes | Overview: eBooks

Exploring Volcanoes: Volcanologists at Work! by Elsie Olson
ISBN: 9781614799405
Publication Date: 2017
Have you ever wanted to become a volcanologist? In Exploring Volcanoes: Volcanologists at Work! young readers will find out what these supercool scientists really do! They will explore how volcanologists study volcanoes and predict eruptions, and discover the special tools volcanologists use. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Applied to STEM Concepts of Learning Principles. Super Sandcastle is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
Volcanoes: Earth's power (eBook) by David Armentrout; Patricia Armentrout
Call Number: eBook
ISBN: 9781612363875
Publication Date: 2006-08-01
Description Of Volcanoes That Are Dormant, Parts Of A Volcano, The Ring Of Fire, Hot Spots, And Deadly Eruptions.
Volcanoes: Earth in action (eBook) by Lauren Coss
Call Number: eBook
ISBN: 9781624013065
Publication Date: 2013-08-01
Life on Earth is never boring. What actually happens when Earth unleashes its fury? This title gives you an up-close look at the power of our planet. With well-researched, clearly written informational text, primary sources with accompanying questions, charts, graphs, diagrams, timelines, and maps, multiple prompts, and more, you'll know all you need to know about volcanoes! Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Core Library is an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company.

Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and Tsunamis: Projects and Principles for Beginning Geologists by Matthys Levy & Mario Salvadori
ISBN: 9781556528019
Publication Date: 2009
Earthquakes, volcanoes, and tsunamis don't happen every day, so how can budding scientists study how they work? Through experiments, models, and demonstrations. This in-depth resource will teach readers how to build a seismograph to record a simulated earthquake, compare pressure waves and shear waves--the two types of ground shocks--using a Slinky, and replicate a tsunami's destructive effect on a "coastline" built in a bathtub. Authors Matthys Levy and Mario Salvadori even discuss issues of modern architecture and civil engineering: how science can be used to protect buildings and property in earthquake-prone areas. Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and Tsunamis answers a wide array of questions about these phenomena. Can animals "predict" earthquakes? How have various cultures explained the movement of the earth throughout history? What is the Richter scale, and what does it tell us about the strength of a quake? And most important, readers will learn how to earthquake-proof their homes, and how to protect themselves should they experience a tremor.
Investigating Plate Tectonics, Earthquakes, and Volcanoes by Michael Anderson
ISBN: 9781615305049
Publication Date: 2011
Some of the planets most destructive forcesincluding earthquakes and volcanic activityare caused by the same factors that helped shape much of the Earth as it is today. Plate tectonics, or movement of the Earths outer layers, can occur in a number of different ways and produce a range of results, some minor and others far more considerable or devastating. Distinct maps, interesting sidebars, and annotated illustrations of the Earths layers are included in this volume, which details the motion of the planet and the nature and study of both earthquakes and volcanoes.
Volcanoes: Teacher notes and student activities by Geoscience Australia
ISBN: 9781925297119
Publication Date: 2018
This Volcanoes education resource comprises; - 50 page colour booklet including causes of volcanic eruptions, volcano types, where volcanoes are found and why, Australia's hot spot volcanoes and the hazards and benefits of volcanoes - 3 reproducible student activities (30 pages) This booklet covers a wide range of issues concerning volcanoes. Activities cover the science of eruptions and their impact on people & students can form a team to monitor a hazardous volcano! Suitable for primary level Years 5-6 and secondary level Years 7-12. VCAA aligned reading.

Volcanoes | Overview: Online resources

Volcano Global Risk Identification and Analysis Project (VOGRIPA) This link opens in a new window
"VOGRIPA (Volcanic Global Risk Identification and Analysis Project) aims to provide systematic information on global volcanic activity, hazards and vulnerability that can be analysed to identify locations at high risk from volcanism and gaps in knowledge about hazards and risk." (VOGRIPA, n.d.)

Volcano Hazards Program (U.S. Geological Survey, n.d.)
"The USGS Volcano Hazards Program (VHP) monitors and studies active and potentially active volcanoes, assesses their hazards, and conducts research on how volcanoes work in order for the USGS to issue "timely warnings" of potential volcanic hazards to emergency-management professionals and the public." (U.S. Geological Survey, n.d.)
Smithsonian Institute National Museum of Natural History Global Volcanism Program
The volcanoes of the World database provides a catalogue of Holocene and Pleistocene volcanoes, and eruptions from the past 10,000 years

Volcanoes | Overview: Images

Volcanism resulting from two different plate boundaries. 1) Convergent tectonic plate boundary, where oceanic crust is being subducted beneath another plate; 2) Divergent plate boundary where basaltic magma wells up into the spreading centre to create a ridge.

Composite volcanoes (or stratovolcanoes) are generally located along subduction zones, which are plate boundaries where one plate (usually composed of denser, oceanic crust) slides under the other (usually lighter continental crust). As the plate is subducted it takes with it some ocean sediments and water. As the subducting crust heats up these components enter the overlying mantle, helping to melt part of it and form magma that rises up to the surface forming a chain of volcanoes, known as a volcanic arc. The resulting magma is generally dioritic in composition and feeds andesitic (composite) volcanoes. Where plates are diverging (spreading apart) the solid molten mantle material, poor in silica and therefore basaltic in composition, begins to melt due to lower pressure, and wells up in the space between the plates. The result is a chain of volcanoes that produce Icelandic-style eruptions along the fissure.

Source: Geoscience Australia. (2018). Roach I & Bear-Crozier A (Eds.). Volcanoes Teacher notes and student activities (p. 21). Retrieved from https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog. search#/metadata/100760

Australia has a chain of extinct volcanoes along the east coast formed between 16-35 million years (Ma) ago.

Source: Geoscience Australia. (2018). Roach I & Bear-Crozier A (Eds.). Volcanoes Teacher notes and student activities (p. 24). Retrieved from https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog. search#/metadata/100760

Volcanoes | Revisions and test your knowledge

[Volcanoes] Test your knowledge and glossary (Olson, 2018, pp. 23-24)
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Reference / citation: Olson (2018, pp. 23-24) or (Olson, 2018, pp. 23-24)
Reference list / Bibliography: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=1612848&site=ehost-live&scope=site&authtype=ip,sso&custid=mggsvic&ebv=EB&ppid=pp_23

Volcanoes | Curriculum alignment

This Mentone Girls' Grammar School LibGuide supports the following Victorian curriculum outcomes. Click on the links to explore more.

Geography / Levels 7 and 8 / Geographical Knowledge / Landforms and landscapes [VCGGK117]
Geomorphic processes that produce landforms, including a case study of at least one landform
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Elaborations:
* describing the influence of folding, faulting or volcanism on a chosen landform,
* contrasting the effects of geomorphic processes that lower the land surface (weathering and erosion) and those that raise the land surface (transportation and deposition)
Geography / Levels 7 and 8 / Geographical Knowledge / Landforms and landscapes [VCGGK121]
Causes of a geomorphological hazard and its impacts on places and human responses to it to minimise harmful effects on places in the future
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Elaborations:
* investigating the natural causes and spatial distribution of a geomorphological hazard. For example, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, tsunamis, landslides and avalanches
* discussing the extent to which human alteration of environments has contributed to the occurrence of the geomorphological hazard
* describing how the effects caused by geomorphological hazards are influenced by social, cultural and economic factors. For example, where people choose to live, poverty, and lack of infrastructure and resources to prepare and respond,
* researching how the application of principles of prevention, mitigation and preparedness minimises the harmful effects of geomorphological hazards

Geography / Year 8 / Geographical Knowledge and Understanding / Unit 1: Landforms and landscapes [ACHGK048]
Different types of landscapes and their distinctive landform features
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Elaborations:
* identifying different types of landscapes and describing examples from around the world, including Antarctica,
* identifying some iconic landscapes in Australia and the world, and describing what makes them iconic,
* describing some of the different types of landforms within a landscape,
* exploring the names, meanings and significance of landform features from an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander perspective.
Geography / Year 8 / Geographical Knowledge and Understanding / Unit 1: Landforms and landscapes [ACHGK050]
Geomorphic processes that produce landforms, including a case study of at least one landform
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Elaborations:
* describing the influence of folding, faulting or volcanism on a chosen landform,
* researching the effects of rock type, weathering, erosion by water and wind, and transportation and deposition on the chosen landform

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